Coccus farinosus, Gmelin, 1790: 2220

Williams, Douglas J. & Ben-Dov, Yair, 2009, 2285, Zootaxa 2285, pp. 1-64 : 21

farinosus Gmelin, 1790: 2220 , Coccus

Gmelin listed this name and quoted Modeer’s name Coccus alni ( Modeer, 1778: 50) . Modeer’s name is a primary homonym of Coccus alni Modeer ( Modeer, 1778: 23) . Gmelin described the species as “depsessiusculus”, thus validating the name Coccus farinosus as a replacement name for Coccus alni Modeer ( Modeer, 1778: 50) . Fernald (1903: 91) wrongly credited the name Coccus farinosus to Modeer and linked the name with the mealybug Phenacoccus aceris Signoret . Current status: we regard Gmelin’s name Coccus farinosus to be valid but applied to a species at present unrecognisable.